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Saturday April 50th hi ftrkias' i
Mall. If eefey Was Called
By Mrs. B. 0. Tutaagt
The Thirteenth District of the Uni
ted Daughters of the Confederacy .met I
at Farmville Saturday, April 30th, in 1
Perkins' HalL The meeting was call- I
ed to order by Mrs. B. 0. Turnagev
District Director. ~ * - ? ? (
Mrs. Walter Woolard, State U. D. 1
C. President; Mrs. R. P. Holt,, -of 1
Rocky Mount, Mrs. Felix Harvey, of '
Kinston were present N j
Miss Annie Perkins, presidentof the *
Rebecca Win bourne Chapter welcomed
manner and anetaoinmeilayjp^hihat I
the delegates in her usual charming
manner and Mrs. J. R. Chambliss, of ]
Rocky Mount, responded.*' , j
Reports from all the Chapters in j
the District were read, showing inter
est and enthusiasm, and Mrs. TurnkgeL
in her report thanked them for theN
splendid response made to the differ-)L
ent causes. '* ; -W
Mrs. Walter Woodard gave an in-l'-v
teresting and instructive talk on the t
work the Daughters and doing in the j
state and asked for their support Q
along all lines. ^
Mrs. R! P. Holt spoke on the Crosses
of Honor and Mrs. Felix Harvey con
gratulated the District on having such ?
a splendid State President in our own *
District. * x
Mrs. John L. Bridgers found her
self in a very unique position being
on the program to present the Powell ?
banner given to the Chapter that has e
the largest increase in membership. *
The banner was won her own;(
Chapter, the William Dorsey renoer,
of Tarboro, so she had to accept it in- t
stead of presenting it. * <
Splendid reports from the C. J. C. S
Chapters in _WiIson, Tarboro and also J
of Rocky Mount, were read and Miss
Hadley Woodard, chairman of . the ]
S. S. Nash schoarship for Teachers <
College, at Greenville, reported all j
pledges paid and a worthy girl finish
ing her edition with the funds. J
Every ,<(j|||jgLte present promised
their support of the Woodrow Wilson *
and Matthew Fon tame Maury scholar- j
ships.
Mrs. A. W. Bobhitt, Mrs. Jasper L. (
Shaddeford and Mrs. J. W. Joyner -j
sang a beautiful trio, "Honey Chile", ;
accompanied by Mrs. Jno. T. Thorne.
Mrs. B. W. Spilman, of Greenville,
had charge of the Memorial Moments
and Miss Jessie Moye sang a beautiful
solo.
The delegates were then invited to
the dining room of the beautiful new
Methodist Church where a two coarse
luncheon was served.
Mrs. G. M. Holden and etaoiNw.(e
Mrs. B. 0. Turnage and Mrs. G. M. '
Holden were re-elected Director and
Secretary for another year.
There were about a hundred present
upon the meeting.
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? LICENSE OFFICES OPPE^^^"1
NEXT MONTH MANY CITIES
Raleigh, May 2. ? Arrangements
I for the opening of 38 branch offices
in the State for tbo sale of autorao
I bile licenses fee the sis months period
from JuJne 1 to December 31, are be
I ing imade by the automobile license
division of the State Department of j
I Revenue, it was announced today by I
Sprague Silver, director. With the ex-1
caption of the branch office in Win-j
I ston-Salem, these offices wil all be
operated in eoopomtku wfth the
? Carolina Motor Club, amf will bel
? opened about the middle of June, ae
I cording to present plans. I
? However, although the new ticenaM
I Si
buy them before this date will not be
allowed to attach then to their cars I
I A w? Mr. SBvar.l
?the license plates tills time will be^l
? sped for a period of sir months, Jn-B
I rftotdmbTto tafcemu^bffl
the expense inuotved in changing over
nl^oo lamonm
rod in tbs. left hand* end of the plsti
I vitt MBMlk ^jym tki
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IN! MUM'S
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ro Be Held at East Camtink
Teachers College Greenvilie ?
June 7th to 10th
Plans are..going forward for the
faftn Woraans' Short Course to be
letd at East Carolina Teachers Col?
ege, Greenville, June 7th to 10th. ;
Because so'few of the. housewives
ran be away from homeat night it
las been decided not to keep the Col-r
ege Dormitory and dining room open.
Pherefore, there will be no charge for
my course except the material used
n Arts and Crafts.
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The following splendid^ faculty has
wen engaged:
Nutrition: Food Selection and Ileal
Planning?Miss Mary Thomas, Nutri
ion Specialist, North Carolina Exten
ibn Work.
? Food Preparation: Practical Cook
ery .and Table Service-rMrs. R. L.
^arr, formerly teacher of Home Eco
nomies, East Carolina Teachers Col
- Food Preeervation: Canning, jelly
rmking, fruit juices, pickles?Miss
Latherrne Clarke, Student East Car
Una Teachers College, State $ Club
rirf Champion. inJeUyihaking. j
Clothing: ? Alteration of Commer
ial Patterns, Line and Design, Fin
shes?Miss Dorothy Dean, Instructor
n Clothing, East Carolina Teachers
College.
Household Furnishings: Treatment
f walls and floors, pictures, draperies,
?tc.?-Miss Helen Estabrook, House
lold Furnishings Specialist of North
Carolina Extention Service.
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Sultry: Feeding for Egg Produc
ion, housing, control of parasites and
iisease?Mr. C. F. Partish, Poultry
Specialist, North Carolina Extention
iwiicc.
Aria and Crafty Hooked rugs-?
tfra. J. M. Horton, President Woman's
Sub at Fountain; Bags, pottery*ate.
representative of Dennison Paper Co.
Use and Care of QH Stoves?Mr. J.
(L Hosier, Perfection Stove
Because of the ttmiteft time* no
woman will be able to take more than
three courses.
, If you are interested, will you pleaao
communicate as early as possible with
Mies Bertha Lee Ferguson, Canity
Home Demonstration Age?i? -Owe*
ville, NrC, so that the schedule may
be arranged to avoid as many conflicts
as possible. ~
The course is open to any girl or
woman in Pitt County and adjoining
Counties.
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Baleigh, May 2.?-Governor lie
Lean* back ftom;..a,''month's absence
in the North aad Jiiddle West* toda]
said .<C would authorize -?? Ateomej
General Bruramitt to .conduct I
sweeping1 investigation of the charge*
of graft against the State Board ?
[Health. -
The Governor's announcement i<h- ~
Iovb a written request from the j(t
R| ney general that b* he permitted
conduct a broad inveetigation, sot \ t
only of the charges oi graft in the en
^ uyivy
but of charges of "hardefaip, oppreaa
istration of the law.
Mr. Bnjmmitt, meanwhile was ant
place immediately upon hie return
t# #VtItafe tlw48*Wtig8tioii
r lir announcing1 that ha was author- ?*>
I th g e nation.
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i w? samxary siaiuidv in VJiwi^
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r which the Governor authorized.
fSOVlQB OX. Tru^ 1X1"
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More than 300 dead and 200,000 homeless ar<t in the Mililulppt,
. Misvtnriind Ohio valley* ** waters recede on the wait destructive river*
- flood the nation has ever knqwn. Secretary of Intcrnr Herbert Hoover
has been assigned by the President to personally dirpit all relief work at
the i^tion contributes funds. Upper photo is an airpfSnfc view of Greene
itiss., tinder 20 foot- of water. Lower photo yi ;typical teat city''
; which wow dot the highlands, St Louis to New Orlciik* - '
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thermal h of Fbod lust Begin- d
nirtg. Battlrtgaitist Dis
east Wijl Be Bitter
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: Rafcdgh, May 2.?The State of
Jjfifrth. Coralina today rushed two h
Memphis,1^iin.,- toaid the, Red Cross n
in its flood relief work.. Anti-toxins b
4 A^W*ktion: of th? aid lew the ?
frk oMeS^ m of H. Hoyle Sink as ?
WMUferr of the Salary and Wage o
Commission, acting for Governor Mc: s
, lean in his absence from the .State ;
in New; York C5ty.
i Dr. Charles O'H. Laughinghou.se, .
State .health oflfcer, despatched Pre. .
'm. A.' Taylor and F*uH5. Carley and
4. West, sanitary engipeer: They win
report' at the Old Fort plant at Mem- t
nhic,
At the request,of John McMullen, .
senior United States surfceon at ^
; S55w .
900 diptheria and 500 tons of J
toxin to Dr. Garrison at . Little Rock, *
? Ark., and also 25,000 typhoid mixed <
? ?a the nodical officer at Red Cross <
h headquarters st Mcraphif. 0 : - 5
"The aftermath oYthe jBtood 1s jast '
beginning,". Dr. Langhinghouse said. ^
fThat is the most ae^.us, if less dra- <
matic, side.: 0i a waits sullenly <
?in the wake o? tSiMtlewdmg waters. I
, t*hat is the angle of the situation ]
'Miidi all health officers will have to 1
Jfcjlk with. It will be. f^better bat- 1
.SfcNto *df*ide* - , . J
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m Battle Slaved on Suburb:
or I Onrn Between rotite
and Three Negroes
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Willie Gibbs, cotettd, beJieveed t?
e from Smithfield^jp being held il
?g from injuries sustained in * gai
at tie with Farmville police Honda;
ight. Officers are seeking othe
sembers of the ;band^ of three wfr
>ere roaming aaound in the,.yWi?lt;
f Farmvile at?be time Gibbs wa
?* /; /. $ |
Gibbs attracted attention of- Farm
ille residents Vhen he went on
egging tour Monday afternoon, fit
ieving him to be a member of
and of suspicious characters previ
tusly seen in town, someone nctifSf
he police. An investigation follow
id. Twproembers of the party wei
dund j#u^the edge of town waitin
or Gwfe t'o return.
Officers waited until they w#i
oined by Qibbs and then went ovt
o take them in charge. The negixx
>pened fir*;: oh Taylor and Braxtoo
rificers who had conducted the seard
several bullets passing through tk
lUtomobile in which they were ridihj
The fire was returned, by the ofl
:ers. The negroes fled. Gibbei hot
;ver, was raptured about an >' hoi
later. On of the bullets fired by tl
poice had taken effect in his aid
producing an ugly, but not cessari!
serious wound.
A gun, a collection of raaors ar
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Cnearillf, X. C, yVi?
R Cr?a^, pi^<itag '?^r cSmtasi
I embattling &?#&}*. fro japoonty ;
funds during his administration u i
sheriff:
The decision came feBowiaghope-.
?times viihn jurors appeared before
Judge Cranmer for - instructions re
garding legal phases of certain points
involved in tiie edse?-aaid-each time
returned torthe jaj^.ropm to become
[more hcpelesjy undecided.
Judge Cranmer's charge to the
jury Saturday consumed J; practically
I hours. He pmentad contentions
of the state that the former sheriff
had applied county ??nds to his own
tained that there had be,n no^ctual
shottMe>cni' tint Jariuon had net
misappropnated-a--?mtt that did not
[belong to him. -- -
J ??: The*embesricment Aa??ainst
I Jackson attracted conrideraWI*lnter
J est in .all parts of the dbimiy.THund
: reds of people crowded thecoejtroom
I during the five end.% &JfL digs the
case was in progress. Jackson watch
led the proceedings with a degree of
II did he display- the slightest signs pf
I TTTtP-zisS* "1 *9?*
Mchalr ln his own defense several hours
' attorneys. He was fpreed tQ^eajee the
standstwice becscse ~\'t ?ogeaU'whie^fe
but each time he returned apparently
stronger and mor^#te??fred to
I stand the severe grilling, m store
\ for him.
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J^WB IM ?iijff-'af bpilniBSunlut
J his mpsteroae ^rfiiijpp|<hl?i1i? tress
a J and ^lbiu^-?0ewBat? )utd also been at
?| Hundreds of ; bj
S Jacfcion. toeelhir with nnmiTfnni
;s I involved in the presentation of tiu
i, 124 counts contained in the bill ofcjto
,i, I dktment, and numerous wttnilWi
te front ail parts of the county wen
^ brvugfht ftt to support Contentions o1
j. the State.
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ir overalls were found at the seen# ?
ie I theahoctkg. It is lettered mem
e;l beta of the band are involved 4n mfao
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PKOMIS&D TO 00 &><*? THtMfAMB J
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munmtmmeiei
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^>wnS^TAmED I1
BY EOTABY CLUB
CMk! oriwn thoy"irtT? entortallicd-at ?
joni of tbotobaoeo w*rtho?floo at a 0
to ^hundred in town ana surrounuuig
WmMtyffc enjoy the occasion. ?
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wa^tte program ar- '
WWWdf ^ tt<? meeting by the pro- J
pmmmfi* . J
. l*.fle?g? "Peek Up Xeur Troubles." :
-2. ^Blessing, by Robert Goo<lson. t
3. Supper.
if pjPlfcife, "Hid!, Hall, The Clang's r
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6; "Address of Welcome, by Jno. T. \
Thorne. a
6. Response, by. Elbert Holmes. j
j 7. Talks, "Sendee Abore Self," by j
I 10. Stunt, b" Garland Holden. [
[. ll..Arfdt^^tf?ffce Dignity of c
Wbbor," by . Attorney John Hill Pay- j
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j "At the dose of - the above prag^un (
ibe meeting was turned back to the ;
President, Irving Morgan, Sr., and
iftef a few brief remarks the meeting ,
closed with the song "Glory, Glory, .
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FARMVILLfcjfcWWeR SHOP '
TO MOVE TO NEW j
QDARTERS REAL SOON I
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New quarters will soon be complet
ed and the EermvSle Barper Shop <
it expected to move in the near fu- i
tore from their od Ideation next dooi I
to J. J. Furnishing Co., on Wed; side I
tpjtfainstreett? their especially ar- J
tanged ple^eon the-East side of Main J
Street neat door to J. H. Harris' store, i
ji?H>ri?tor> is laying: liis new place i>
; i qcippejiF throughout with new arid
f J assures^ the I
lubtk of the best' service possible in
i - barber
!' Machine**
i i tlfrjdfMjbEViirying, m&asagiiy, etc.,
;.. s'.ftMr bpiqg installed a? well as two,
i bower baths, with hot and cokl run.
i- fag water at all times. Visit this shop
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I *wjfrer ,*ad citizen
B Of aF?BvHr and tfataMirariiaJaLfafl
f tag to attend the revival services now
goiag^en ia -the; Farmville Baptist
- Church, is?..?sorely missing a wbnder
f ful - opportunity to get some needed
I *** ?*?* Sev. Jt M.
t E**ncaJv pastor of the local church,
f ha* teen * dejh^ring -sermons that
|?^^iad.:-aat*ah some of the yery
past Over heard in the city. He is: not
httfar, Wte fa prefiching a Gospel
Si $*8 is creating
to in tenant most appreciable. He is
I The churchM ant
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5ncre3sed
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New Qrlaans, May 4.?Devastation
/ N? rtJvem Louiiiawi astiwteh
f approximptaly four thousand
qua re miles rapidly was becoming
omplete today ap the madly Taoiog
lissisfippi tore through its bapk? at
wo additional jriaces between Vicks
mrg and Natches. ;
A new army of xefujp^es wasrsent
n the march, iwireasinjrthe fcorae
ess in the great tood to around 260,
00, and rich cotton, sugar, cane,
rucking, hardwood and. oftrand.' gas
ando were claimed, adding: Almost
rrimeasurably to the staggering te
al of property loss.
Murky flood waters nOw cover
i?arly-15,000 square miles in: Louis- -
aha, Arkansas and -Mississippi And
he picture of desotattOO presented is
^palling, For hundmds^i miles. ..in
tdcansas and Louisiana along- W}e
iississippi there are only scattered
daces not under water.
From Arkansas City almost down
o Vieksburg, a -stretch of rnb&i&an
ine hundred miles-as-the ^jo#,^hMta,
lood or back waters am uvCiljtiBtat,
he Mississippi flowingthrough the
rreat lake out of .which faint lines of
ts levees may be ^pen.
Roaring through four ^qghe ui
he Louisiana ievees developed during
he past 16 hours, the Mississippi
vaters were cutting
dadisoa and TehSas parishes and
"ushing to meet backwaters -Tftem
iverflow on the Black and Ouachita
ivers as welL as from breaks in the
mm levee around GljMHHfc- .
The mme miohj|gS?^vfym
ir Governor John M. Parperv cm
Hoover, was moving swiftly to care
>f the refugees ;ahd to~?ov?oat lie
hundreds who had clm?'*fti<tt?ariy
to their iiomes^s the fate of warn
ings given by telephone and Asipped
pd territory.
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! Below the .mouth of, the Red HJvfr
?ht levees were still
he approach of the crest af-the flood
vhich already, has ^nuppled levees
e the. Nojtfc, apprehension ia feit
m: the safety ofv the yflhrtlfWritB
southward towards No* Orleans*
w --i ' .' 2 up 3fl 4
Again today the weather ,Wau
i?re empbaatefilJh9t..e3i*igr. preeaa
?n should be taken along this sec
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ion against the -record stages pre-.
riously forecast 'lit added that fto"
"revasse waters; fjp? ba
showing a rise in the. gauge of two
tenths of a foot at Angela and Baton
ftuge.
| At DenaWsvfll* further,.}???
South, river was stataonwy, yfyfe M
New Orleans a similar condition
existed with the ".CwTolltoft: gadge
here showing 20.4 ieet, * slight ??- -
cession caused by the ortifieialrjnw
Jiaae created at Caernarvon, 15 ? miles
to the South.
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j Little .Rock, Art, May . 4.; -fr :A
drowning reported near- Eudora yes
terday brought the deathlisWnuri
the presort floods in Arkansas to ?26.
Details of the drowning are lmSktos
i The State- Department otr^MseD*
has reported 16 cases ofkyphfSWfefa*
195 cases of measle8, 59 ofinfluenza,
?0 malaria, 3 smallpox a[nd spvpi of
pelagva in the State.
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fith the Governor, diaraiMd;
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if otherstates.
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